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Description: Books I've read that were good enough to remember

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1

by Louisa May Alcott

25,705 members

393 reviews

4

7 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2

2

To Kill a Mockingbird

76,606 members

1,420 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: hipdeep, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

35,924 members

554 reviews

4

6 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Hanne83

4

27,933 members

522 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Picture of Dorian Gray

38,520 members

618 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

8,105 members

706 reviews

3.8

6 Members: girlscan2, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963

7

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

21,245 members

414 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, dara85, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

27,779 members

272 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by John Steinbeck

9,674 members

183 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

10

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

23,812 members

507 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Call of the Wild

19,430 members

315 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

44,369 members

742 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,720 members

184 reviews

4.1

5 Members: girlscan2, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

14

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

33,478 members

460 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

34,110 members

541 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

37,428 members

424 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell

3,482 members

33 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, kara.shamy

18

by Charlotte Brontë

57,442 members

902 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

I Know This Much is True

10,049 members

168 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Pride and Prejudice

78,403 members

1,346 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by J. R. R. Tolkien

91,859 members

1,166 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

22

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

50,452 members

679 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,569 members

255 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by George Orwell

58,506 members

856 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

42,235 members

1,723 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by John Grisham

10,441 members

78 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

27

36,958 members

497 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Schallon, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Kathryn Stockett

29,816 members

1,471 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

29

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

3,482 members

33 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

30

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

29,803 members

917 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

31,954 members

320 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

53,069 members

468 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

33

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

20,752 members

682 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

34

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,775 members

312 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

26,837 members

566 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: girlscan2, dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

32,930 members

425 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams

4,025 members

42 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion

1,483 members

12 reviews

½ 4.6

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

39

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

24,775 members

716 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

35,677 members

364 reviews

½ 3.4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Pearl S. Buck

13,545 members

262 reviews

4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

42

The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,876 members

41 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

43

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

29,740 members

888 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

44

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

7,771 members

414 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

25,839 members

496 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

46

42,900 members

998 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

47

The Da Vinci Code

69,310 members

1,293 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

48

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

11,130 members

293 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

158 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

50

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

70,377 members

1,139 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,148 members

431 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963

52

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

17,639 members

245 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,055 members

374 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

by Michael Crichton

20,211 members

314 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Terry Pratchett

7,951 members

163 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Toni Morrison

22,266 members

397 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

57

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,073 members

594 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Jane Austen: Seven Novels

1,175 members

7 reviews

½ 4.7

3 Members: Schallon, ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

The Forgotten Garden

7,794 members

439 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963

60

12,730 members

285 reviews

4

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

61

In a Sunburned Country

8,950 members

227 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

62

A Hat Full of Sky

by Terry Pratchett

7,953 members

142 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,514 members

237 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

64

11,133 members

367 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

65

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

16,256 members

311 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,082 members

85 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Pillars of the Earth

26,691 members

746 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

68

by Richard Adams

24,266 members

467 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

20,019 members

789 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

70

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,670 members

220 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

17,011 members

316 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

72

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

10,859 members

81 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

73

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,505 members

333 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

by Louise Penny

6,462 members

411 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

75

by L. Frank Baum

3,046 members

54 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Sylvia Plath

27,457 members

486 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

77

The Joy Luck Club

17,350 members

198 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

7,989 members

111 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

79

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

3,519 members

89 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,204 members

330 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

81

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings [Bantam Classics]

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,377 members

25 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

82

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

16,540 members

467 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

83

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

18,507 members

1,121 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

84

by Willa Cather

13,326 members

279 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, merrystar

85

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

2,956 members

47 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

86

The Scarecrow of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,285 members

15 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

87

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,205 members

730 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

88

The Penderwicks

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,311 members

186 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027

89

by Michael Crichton

13,256 members

181 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Rinkitink in Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,223 members

16 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Lost Princess of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,352 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,029 members

102 reviews

4

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

5,461 members

207 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

94

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

41,211 members

695 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

95

World Without End

12,434 members

312 reviews

4

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

96

Complete Tales and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,991 members

11 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

12,669 members

282 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

98

9,007 members

177 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Diana Gabaldon

23,099 members

971 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

100

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away

7,191 members

115 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

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